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I am sorry, but the time for me to leave has come. I have overheard you talking to him, about my physical condition and my shabby appearance. This has made feel that your love for me has ended.
Through the passage of time I have changed, as have you. This is the nature of time and our relationship has not changed as much, could this have hurt us? Through three moves and many changes in positions I have been supportive of you. You found me more comfortable to sleep on me than your bed at time during both of your pregnancies. And most days at the end of the day you curled up with me often with your head on my arm.
Now you have noted aloud a threadbare spot where you sit and the lack of padding on my arms. The spots and stains that you and the children have wrought on me are noticeable. Yes I am getting old but I had hoped that you would find our long relationship worth more and not just discard me and replace with one much younger. It sounds so simple coming from your mouth as you talk to him. I know it will hurt me more than you.
So to save us both more pain and ease you decision. I have decided to leave. I have a lot of life still left in me although I may need some patching to my upholstery and some deep cleaning I know I could make another family happy. I may even go for the ultimate makeover and get recovered.
Good-bye and good luck, Tell the kids I love them even when they climbed and jumped on me. Vicki, you have left an impression on me that will last, your ass groove will always be a part of me now.
Love,
The Couch.
I posted my Dear John letter.
ReplyDeleteI liked this. I should have written my own before reading yours! I think it was my undoing. It ended up guiding a portion of mine, even though I tried not to let it do so.
The biggest stumbling block for me in this piece has nothing to do with content or approach. It has to do with grammar. I found myself getting stuck and reading some lines a few times to get it to flow right or to be able to understand what I think you meant to say. I know these are just rough pieces! I am sure mine have the same problems.
One question I have: Were you trying to disguise who was writing the piece, meaning to make it seem like a human throughout or were you purposefully allowing glimpses of it being a piece of furniture? If the latter is what you were aiming to do, then great job! If not, maybe rephrasing some of the wording would be a good idea.... at least in the beginning if your goal was to make it more evident only toward the end.
Very fun though!